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Invention of the Gramophone
- Made by Thomas Alva Edison
- Played records
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The Jazz Singer
- The first talking movie
- It was half silent and also half musical with a leading character singing
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The Gold-Diggers of 1933
- This ended up looking more like a music video compared to earlier videos
- It was highly elaborate and a big cinema production
- Made during the time of the time of the Great Depression
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"Fantasia" - Disney
- Seen as a cartoon made specifically to the music
- Was all classical music
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West Side Story
- During the time TV was well established
- Stage musical based on "Romeo and Juliet"
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Ready, Steady, Go!
- Live performances in order to sell a specific band - usually miming to make it easier as some bands didn't sound good live.
- Miming gave the illusion of performance
- Record companies eventually saw the potential into doing such things
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Top of the Pops
- Originally where people would find out what was No. 1 as record companies would try to get artists on there due to it being highly popular at the time and in hopes of selling more albums.
- If it wasn't possible for the band to perform if chosen for the stage, then the performance was recorded elsewhere or their music would play and dancers would dance to the song.
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Quadrophenia
- Made by "The Who"
- A feature length film to promote the band
- Genre was seen as "Rock Opera"
- Created representations of British Youth's culture
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Thriller
- Made by Michael Jackson
- 14 minutes long music video
- Often referred to as the most comercially successful music video of all time
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MTV
- First channel on TV that was based for music and music videos.
- Had a massive impact on todays culture and the music industry as well as contributed to the importance of music videos.
